North Karanpura Thermal Power Station is an upcoming coal-based thermal power plant located in Tandwa in the Simaria subdivision of the Chatra district, Jharkhand.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district.

The project was originally proposed in 1999 but got delayed because Coal India Limited objected to the location of the power plant and wanted NTPC to relocate the power plant as it was coming up on site having 6 billion tonnes of coal underneath it.

The Government of India finally decided in 2013 February against the relocation and in 2013 July, the coal linkage for the plant was restored.

[1][2] Efforts are on to get the first unit of the North Karanpura Thermal Power Station ready in 2021.